Columbia Definitions ordinance (§ 13-226)

For the purpose of this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed:

Canvasser or solicitor. Any individual, whether resident of the city or not, traveling either by foot, wagon, automobile, motor truck, or any other type of conveyance, from place to place, from house to house, or from street to street, taking or attempting to take orders for sale of goods, wares and merchandise, personal property of any nature whatsoever for future delivery, or for services to be furnished or performed in the future, whether or not such individual has, carries or exposes for sale a sample of the subject of such sale, or whether he is collecting advance payments on such sales or not; provided, that such definition shall include any person who, for himself, or for another person, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building, structure, tent, railroad box car, boat, hotel room, lodging house, apartment, shop or any other place within the city for the sole purpose of exhibiting samples and taking orders for future delivery.

Newsboy. Any person who distributes, house-to-house on a regular route, a newspaper of general circulation in the city limits and who solicits orders for such newspaper on his distribution route.